Against the Protestant GnosticsIn this penetrating and provocative assessment of the current state of religion and its effects on society at large, Philip J. Lee criticizes conservatives and liberals alike as he traces gnostic motifs to the very roots of American Protestantism. With references to an extraordinary spectrum of writings from sources as diverse as John Calvin, Martin Buber, Tom Wolfe, Margaret Atwood, and Emily Dickinson, he probes the effects of gnostic thinking on a wide range of issues. Calling for the restoration of a dialectical faith and practice, the book points to positive ways of restoring health to endangered Protestant churches. |
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... Christ's Church and to God's world. Finally, suggestions are offered for a liberation from false faith and the reassertion of a more authentic Protestant Christianity. It may be that the other great Christian traditions, Roman ...
... Christ's Church and to God's world. Finally, suggestions are offered for a liberation from false faith and the reassertion of a more authentic Protestant Christianity. It may be that the other great Christian traditions, Roman ...
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... Christian, ancient or modern, the simple faith (pistis) of the believer is not sufficient. Instead, there must be knowledge (gnosis).1 Using this Greek verbal noun, the Church Fathers tagged the ancient heresiarchs with the derogatory ...
... Christian, ancient or modern, the simple faith (pistis) of the believer is not sufficient. Instead, there must be knowledge (gnosis).1 Using this Greek verbal noun, the Church Fathers tagged the ancient heresiarchs with the derogatory ...
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... Christian Church . Also valid is Bauer's thesis that at this point in Church history , the lines between orthodoxy and heresy had not been drawn . There was still a groping for an interpretation of the Gospel that could be , at the same ...
... Christian Church . Also valid is Bauer's thesis that at this point in Church history , the lines between orthodoxy and heresy had not been drawn . There was still a groping for an interpretation of the Gospel that could be , at the same ...
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... Christian community . They were not hoi polloi or christiani rudes.42 Plotinus , the great Neoplatonist of the third century , writing of gnostics within Judaism and the Christian Church as well as those who had infiltrated his own ...
... Christian community . They were not hoi polloi or christiani rudes.42 Plotinus , the great Neoplatonist of the third century , writing of gnostics within Judaism and the Christian Church as well as those who had infiltrated his own ...
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... Christ would be transformed into an anti-gospel.9 Most often in Christian history, it has been gnosticism in one form or another that has forced the Church to “contend for the faith.” As we have seen, nearly all the early Church Fathers ...
... Christ would be transformed into an anti-gospel.9 Most often in Christian history, it has been gnosticism in one form or another that has forced the Church to “contend for the faith.” As we have seen, nearly all the early Church Fathers ...
Contents
Gnosticism Within the Orthodox Faith | |
From Gratitude to Despair | |
From Holy Event to Private Illumination | |
Modern Escapefrom the Home of the Brave? | |
From the Sacred Community to the Inner Self | |
From the Many to the | |
From the Particular to the Nebulous | |
GNOSTICISM ESTABLISHED WITHIN NORTH AMERICAN | |
The Renewal of Hope | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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